Deterring Dealership Crime with Remote Video Surveillance
Keeping your vehicle inventory safe from thieves, vandals, and other criminals is critical, but not all security strategies are equally successful.
September 16, 2020
Keeping your vehicle inventory safe from thieves, vandals, and other criminals is critical, but not all security strategies are equally successful.
September 16, 2020
It's your time to embrace behavioral data, discard outdated models, and change your data paradigm. Anything less limits a dealership's ability to both survive this crisis and then navigate the recovery on the other side.
September 15, 2020
In late June, Portfolio officially acquired National Automotive Experts and NWAN. The companies’ executives spoke to P&A about what led them to join forces, the changing world of F&I and why this match was the right move for both companies, their agents and dealers.
September 10, 2020
Brands work hard to form emotional connections with consumers, and brands that haven’t established an authentic identity are paying the price when the statements they make don’t ring true with what their customers think and feel.
September 10, 2020
In order to keep up with a rapidly changing industry, dealers need to find new operating efficiencies and build connections with the communities they serve, if they expect to stay a step ahead of their competitors.
September 9, 2020
The coronavirus appears to be driving the automotive industry to selling vehicles remotely, a radical departure from the traditional dealer model. By identifying the issues that dealers need to contemplate, we find some solutions to the new direction we’re heading.
September 9, 2020
Sometimes you will get a deal thrown at you that is going to be an uphill battle. Instead of losing motivation, look at it as two things: a challenge and a teaching opportunity.
September 8, 2020
Buying behaviors may change for a growing number of potential car shoppers, many who have lost jobs or been furloughed due to the economic fallout of the pandemic. As more lenders rely on advanced real-time data, they may mitigate risk and put themselves in a better competitive position.
September 8, 2020
By taking these measures and steps, these dealers have made it possible for customers to continue buying the cars they need.
September 8, 2020
Including a preloaded appearance package not only gives the dealership easy front-end profit, but it also helps to send a message to the local market about how YOU see the value in protecting your inventory.
September 1, 2020
Auto dealerships looking to differentiate themselves now have a new option. Tapping into video conferencing platforms like Intellacall enables car dealers to maintain quality communication while providing the digital distancing that consumers want.
September 1, 2020
Do not step over dollars to pick up pennies … picking a formation that is not a good fit will cause exit strategy issues and could cost you ownership of the next formation. Take the time to educate yourself on the different reinsurance formations to ensure success now and in the future.
August 28, 2020
The business environment has changed and this requires a mindset shift for dealers from episodic and transaction-based, to ongoing and service-oriented.
August 26, 2020
It’s one thing to say you’ll support your community, but it’s another thing to do it. No one can say that dealer Art Schaller, Jr., of Schaller Auto Group, New Britain, Conn., only pays lip service to charitable opportunities.
August 26, 2020
The automotive industry is going through rapid change, facing additional costs associated with personnel, benefits, and retention, and depending on a steady stream of additional customers to replace those customers that have defected. So how do you change how you conduct business to meet the current challenge?
August 26, 2020